Journal Entry 9

Date: 23. 4. 2025

Activity:

• Completed at home the Scripting Walkthrough Part 5 & 6 (started in lab, finished at home)

Notes: 

We tried Unity's Animation Clips  and Animator Controller to drive an enemy GameObject. The enemy moves between two waypoints, pauses for 2 seconds at each endpoint, and triggers its attack animation every 5 seconds.

Implemented a singleton pattern via DontDestroyOnLoad to persist the PlayerHealth manager across scenes. Created simple Damager and Healer objects to test health modification.

I completed only a bit in the lab (~10%), I finished the majority at home.

Invested hours:

• Lab – Scripting Walkthrough Part 5 & 6:  20 minutes
• Home – Scripting Walkthrough Part 5 & 6:: 70 min

Outcome:

• Successfully completed the Scripting Walkthrough.
• Uploaded the final result to itch.io.

Key takeaways (summary by ChatGPT):

• Animations:
  • Creating and editing Animation Clips and curves
  • Building an Animator Controller state machine and Override Controller
  • Setting parameters and firing Animation Events from scripts
• Physics & interaction: Rigidbody2D (applying forces), 2D Colliders and Trigger events
• Singleton pattern: using a persistent manager (DontDestroyOnLoad) to maintain state across scenes
  

These mostly hold true and are a great reference.